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The Rochester historian also wins a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to write her third book.

The Rochester historian also wins a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to write her third book.

topics: awards, Department of History, humanities, Laura Ackerman Smoller, School of Arts and Sciences,
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Lauded for contributing to Rochester’s creative economy, the nonprofit literary translation press will publish five works of literature with the funding.

Lauded for contributing to Rochester’s creative economy, the nonprofit literary translation press will publish five works of literature with the funding.

topics: grant, humanities, literary translation, literature, Open Letter, School of Arts and Sciences,
portrait of bruce arden seated at desk

Under Arden’s leadership, Rochester’s engineering school pursued important initiatives in undergraduate programs, faculty hiring, and and government and industrial relations.

Under Arden's leadership, Rochester's engineering school pursued important initiatives in undergraduate programs and faculty hiring.

topics: Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, obituaries,
a graphic showing a stimulus check in the shape of the map of the United States, balanced on a scale.

Rochester economist Narayana Kocherlakota explains the difference between the two—and why fiscal policy in the form of stimulus checks for all adults comes out ahead.

Rochester economist Narayana Kocherlakota explains the difference between the two—and why fiscal policy comes out ahead.

topics: Department of Economics, Narayana Kocherlakota, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
image of David Figlio, Rochester provost

Northwestern dean and economics scholar David Figlio will become Rochester’s chief academic officer in July.

Economics scholar and dean of Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy has been named provost at the University of Rochester.

topics: provost, staff,
protester carrying a sign that says STOP THE STEAL and a Trump-Pence flag.

In their latest survey, Rochester political scientists in the Bright Line Watch watchdog group find divisions along partisan lines have notably deepened, and voters’ confidence in next year’s midterm elections has already been affected.

The latest Bright Line Watch survey traces the ongoing weakening of American democracy.

topics: Bright Line Watch, Department of Political Science, Gretchen Helmke, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
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University News
December 15, 2021

Former Medical Center faculty member to lead NIH

Past director of the Center for Oral Biology, will be acting director of the nation’s foremost medical research agency.

Former University of Rochester dental faculty member Lawrence Tabak and research dean will lead NIH as acting director.

topics: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
Stormy swirls over Jupiter's northern hemisphere

Research from the Laboratory for Laser Energetics paves the way for more accurate computer models, which are needed to understand the interior of planets and the physical properties of nuclear fusion.

New research provides more accurate data on hydrogen's phase transition to metallic hydrogen, which will help in building more accurate computer models.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, research finding, Suxing Hu,